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Stable: GitHub Desktop for Linux 3.6.6-linux3

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@github-actions github-actions released this 24 Sep 11:09
· 2 commits to linux since this release

This release always holds the current stable version, and its address never changes. It currently holds 3.6.6-linux3.

To follow the stable channel with Flatpak, open github-desktop-stable.flatpakref below, or run flatpak install --user https://packages-github-desktop.nitramo.fr/flatpak/github-desktop-stable.flatpakref


GitHub Desktop 3.6.6 for Linux, build 3.6.6-linux3.

These packages are built from the code of the official 3.6.6 release, with the changes this fork adds for Linux. They are not published by GitHub. What the upstream release changed is listed on its own release page: https://github.com/desktop/desktop/releases/tag/release-3.6.6.

Which package to pick, what each one needs and the problems known to this build are in the README: https://github.com/NitramO-YT/Github-Desktop#readme.

Downloads

File SHA-256
GitHubDesktop-linux-amd64-3.6.6-linux3.deb a626684faad6d45f164b96557ee2f9931781264ea8c83e19379145354aa83b9e
GitHubDesktop-linux-x86_64-3.6.6-linux3.AppImage 62a476101290eb10b8be87021a39a8e5204f2bc6823e07dbd842428de7bb1b04
GitHubDesktop-linux-x86_64-3.6.6-linux3.rpm d1fdff2849b8195cf040272acf342f2af010a779916b2fbd5f77c10e191ff710

To check a download, put its .sha256 file next to it and run sha256sum -c <file>.sha256.

Linux changes in this build

  • Also available as a Flatpak, from the package repository or as a .flatpak file: either way, flatpak update brings the versions that follow
  • The package repository serves the .deb, the .rpm and the Flatpak, and keeps them up to date through apt, dnf or flatpak: https://packages-github-desktop.nitramo.fr/
  • The application itself is the same as in 3.6.6-linux2
  • The window shows its own icon under Wayland, and groups with its launcher in the taskbar
  • Ptyxis is detected as a terminal, along with the editors and shells upstream added since 3.4.13